Management

This page includes content on healthcare management, including health system, hospital, department and clinic business management and administration. Areas of focus are on cardiology and radiology department business administration. Subcategories covered in this section include healthcare economics, reimbursement, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, policy and regulations, practice management, quality, staffing, and supply chain.

Pennsylvania health system installs Allocade app

PinnacleHealth of Harrisburg, Pa., has installed Allocades On-Cue system, alongsidea recently installed Aquilion One Dynamic Volume CT from Toshiba America Medical Systems.

Agfa scores Impax contract in Singapore

Agfa HealthCare has completed the deployment of its Impax HeartStation electrocardiogram (ECG) management system at the National Heart Centre in Singapore.

ACR seeks comments on epilepsy PQRI measures

The American College of Radiology (ACR), in conjunction with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), is seeking comments on eight performance measures developed for epilepsy.

The Road to Quality and Quantitative Medicine

Healthcare, like most of the U.S. economy, is at a crossroads. In order to prosper in an environment of increasing constraints and controlled costs, while feeding the need to enhance quality and outcomes, more proficient use of information technology (IT) in healthcare is needed.

Building Business: Adding New Imaging Service Lines

Community hospitals that add new clinical services to better meet local needs can garner multiple benefits ranging including improved patient care and increased revenue. This month, Health Imaging & IT visits a pair of community hospitals that added new service lines to their portfolio to better meet local needs. Their business models provide a sound roadmap for other sites.

Getting the Word Out: No-cost Marketing Strategies for Radiology

The halcyon days of ensured financial success simply by virtue of being the community hospitals radiology department are a thing of the past. Market pressures from independent imaging centers, other medical specialties utilization of imaging modalities, and targeted reimbursement cuts for imaging procedures from government and private payors require radiology departments to aggressively compete for patients.

DR and CR Utilization & Price Point Driving Technology Selection

Digital radiography, which comprises both computed radiography (CR) and direct radiography (DR), has gained strong market acceptance as a preferable alternative to screen-film x-ray. The reasons for this favorable reception vary, with perhaps the biggest driver being the growing demand from clinicians, patients and institutions for the digital diagnostic imaging recordaccomplished via image information systems such as PACS and RIS.

Integrating Lung CAD and PACS Streamlining Day-to-Day Usability

Fueled by promising clinical studies, computer-assisted detection (CAD) technology continues to improve early lung cancer detection: greater sensitivity, fewer false-positives.

Around the web

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Agfa and Sectra both performed well with end-user satisfaction scores in the 2025 Best in KLAS list of radiology IT systems.